Chapter 3119: 3119 Chapter 3119: A Task Testing Combat Power Fourth-level Dao Venerable battle beasts have combat power surpassing ordinary fourth-level Dao Venerable spirit beasts, and are also slightly stronger than ordinary cultivators. In the ancient battlefield, even fourth-level Dao Venerable Blood Rat monsters are not as strong as battle beasts. Blood Rat monsters and Divine Rune Army soldiers are formed from battle intent and obsessions, while battle beasts are true living beings. They have flesh, blood and souls, and even some battle instincts, making them not easy to deal with. After the four battle beasts appeared, they immediately charged towards Lin Moyu. The distance of several hundred meters was nothing to them. Lin Moyu didn’t summon Divine Rune Army soldiers, but directly summoned four legion commanders to deal with them using Dragon Cavalry Corps. The Dragon Cavalry Corps surged forth, forming battle formations and launching a bloody charge. The Blood and White Bone Dao appeared, and the Dragon Cavalry like an arrow instantly tore the four battle beasts to pieces. Fresh blood fell to the ground, and at this moment the battle blade at Lin Moyu’s feet radiated light, weaving a formation on the ground. As the formation operated, it drew down vast power from the sky, and the battle blade also floated up slightly, revealing a bit of the blade. Lin Moyu’s gaze was thoughtful, "The task is to protect the battle blade, which means providing enough time for it to absorb sufficient power." "During this period, many battle beasts should emerge. These four are just appetizers." "Fourth-level Dao Venerable battle beasts certainly aren’t enough. Fifth-level ones should come out, and there may even be a few sixth-level ones." "Just defending steadily should complete the task, but won’t over-fulfill it." "So how can it be over-fulfilled?" Lin Moyu’s gaze was contemplative. This task definitely wouldn’t be so easy; if it were easy there wouldn’t be a failure punishment. Rewards and punishments must correspond, so since there’s a failure punishment, the reward must also increase accordingly. If he could get an extra reward, after this task his rank would likely advance again, from hundred-man commander to thousand-man commander. Lin Moyu carefully considered every key point of the task. There were actually two ways to complete it: one was to persist until the battle blade returned, meaning just holding out long enough. For those lacking combat power, using the summoned hundred Divine Rune Army soldiers combined with formations for strict defense was a feasible method. The other was to annihilate all battle beasts. With no battle beasts left, the task would naturally be completed. But to annihilate all battle beasts required a certain level of strength. If sixth-level Dao Venerable battle beasts appeared later, they wouldn’t be easy to kill. Through analysis, Lin Moyu realized this task was also unsuitable for third-level Dao Venerables like himself. At least fifth-level Dao Venerable was needed to possibly complete this task. After all, a fifth-level Dao Venerable hundred-man commander would summon fifth-level Dao Venerable Divine Rune Army soldiers. With a hundred fifth-level Dao Venerable Divine Rune Army soldiers helping, completing the task would be much easier. As for extra rewards... Lin Moyu had a general idea. Simply defending until the battle blade returned certainly wouldn’t over-fulfill the task; this was the easiest method. Waiting for battle beasts to emerge from secret realms then eliminating them all also wouldn’t earn extra rewards. Both methods were passive defense. To get extra rewards, he must take the initiative to attack. Charging into the secret realms to deal with battle beasts before they emerged, not letting a single one out. But there were four secret realms. Attacking one would make it hard to defend the other three. For ordinary people, to get extra rewards they’d have to rely on the summoned hundred Divine Rune Army soldiers to guard the battle blade while they charged into secret realms, killing all battle beasts inside as quickly as possible before attacking the next. This required extremely high combat power. By Lin Moyu’s estimate, at least sixth-level Dao Venerable cultivation and combat power approaching seventh-level was needed to accomplish it. Of course, this was for others. For him, once he figured out this task, there was no trouble. "As long as I’m not mistaken, the extra reward is in the bag!" The secret realm vortices shook again. This wave brought out eight battle beasts, two from each secret realm. All eight battle beasts were fourth-level Dao Venerable, not stronger than before. Without Lin Moyu needing to give orders, the four legion commanders had already dealt with the battle beasts for him. Although fourth-level Dao Venerable battle beasts weren’t weak, they had no resistance against hundreds of times more Dragon Cavalry of the same level. Lin Moyu’s mind moved, and Giant Sword Dao Venerable, Zhao Dongsheng, and Flame North’s master appeared beside him. Then amid Buddhist chants, Buddhist Lich and Five Elements Sword Demon also appeared together. Next, space distorted and forty legion commanders appeared. Lin Moyu felt it still wasn’t enough, so he shot out a ball of flame that exploded in the air. In an instant, flames filled the sky and numerous skeleton thrones appeared in heaven and earth. A full four hundred skeleton thrones occupied the space of about a thousand meters radius. Tall and burly Skeleton Kings rose from the skeleton thrones, which transformed into extremely sharp bone swords. Four hundred Skeleton Kings, a hundred allocated to each secret realm. Skeleton Kings had fifth-level Dao Venerable combat power. With them, the speed of attacking secret realms and slaughtering battle beasts would be even faster. The next moment, Lin Moyu, Giant Sword Dao Venerable, Zhao Dongsheng, Flame North, Buddhist Lich and Five Elements Sword Demon each led a hundred Skeleton Kings and ten legion commanders, charging into their respective secret realms. Lin Moyu split his forces into four routes, dividing to conquer, not letting a single one escape. If successful, he could complete the task in the shortest time. To over-fulfill the task, the shorter the time the better. With a brief teleportation, Lin Moyu charged into the secret realm’s space. Roars sounded in his ears. As soon as his vision cleared, he saw battle beasts pouncing towards him. He didn’t take action himself; the Skeleton Kings had already moved. Bone swords whistled past, instantly slicing the charging battle beasts to pieces. Scanning with his sharp gaze, Lin Moyu found this secret realm space wasn’t large, only about ten thousand li across. Beyond ten thousand li was a space barrier marking the end of the secret realm. On the space barrier, divine runes flickered, forming a formation. "This secret realm was deliberately established by someone, naturally evolving after death." Lin Moyu’s first reaction was about the secret realm’s ownership. Thinking of the task he was executing, Lin Moyu knew someone had deliberately arranged this task to test the task executor’s strength. In the center of the secret realm were several high mountains forming a valley. Battle beasts charged out from the valley, heading straight for the exit. With Undead Eye activated, Lin Moyu saw the valley full of soul flames - at least a thousand battle beasts were inside. Moreover, a hundred battle beasts had reached fifth-level Dao Venerable. The strongest battle beast had reached sixth-level Dao Venerable. With such numbers and realms, without combat power approaching seventh-level Dao Venerable, it would be impossible to kill all the battle beasts in the secret realm. Going in alone, one might even get trapped inside, let alone over-fulfilling the task. "Over-fulfilling this task really isn’t easy!" Lin Moyu’s eyes held a smile. After seeing the secret realm’s situation, he already knew he had succeeded in this task. Over a billion Dragon Cavalry led by ten legion commanders surged mightily towards the valley. The Skeleton Kings had already locked onto those hundred fifth-level Dao Venerable battle beasts from afar. As for that sixth-level Dao Venerable battle beast, Lin Moyu would deal with it personally. Lin Moyu’s body emanated a strange origin aura as he activated Gather Power. The undead army’s power continuously converged on him, and Lin Moyu’s realm rose rapidly.